Or most commonly called at home “ED” is a fantastic 3 year old that we have here in Via Equine at the minute . He is the embodiment of the Irish Sport Horse with his Sire being the well respected Carrick Diamond Lad and his Dam by no other than Cruising . Ed stands about 16.2 at the minute with the body to match the height and a temperament that is second to none for a 3 year old horse . Chestnut and flashy with a lovely loose jump that boasts carefulness and fabulous technique giving a glimpse of his... Continue reading
Chinook Eclipse x Clover Brigade Cookie was with us again for a very short time . He was sourced in Tallow from a trip with some English Friends who were looking for a fun all round type . He wasn’t for them but he was certainly for us . He is a big bay with movement to die for and the most intelligent natural jump . Despite his size he was clever and had fantastic use of himself . He is now with a well known eventing team who are producing him so there is absolutely no doubt but we... Continue reading
Clarcon x Hannibal V Overis Z . Ruby is the first offspring of our Via butterfly flip . Already standing at 16.3 hands she looks to possess all the attributes to being a successful show jumper. Her family lines are of historical strong jumping backgrounds including, heartbreaker, Casall and Aldaltus. Thankfully she has brought her mothers intelligence and cool , calm nature. She will be produced with us and hopefully we will be updating you here with some exciting progress reports. She was quite big and immature at 4 so we decided to give her a year off to mature... Continue reading
One Sundance Kid X Mountain Peral . T.I.H Dexter another one of our Hunters was with us only a couple of years before he was snapped up . Without any doubt he had the makings of a great horse from the start . A bit sharp when we got him but he possessed the bravery of a lion . Hunting the hounds happily in his first season , there was quite literally no job too tough for him and he often led older and more experienced horses through trappier country experience of which was beyond his years. He too is... Continue reading
Lugduff silver x silver banner T.I.H Bosco now residing in England was the ultimate gentle giant . A fantastic gentle nature and an ability that was to die for . He took over the reins of Belle when she retired from Hunting etc . He is a horse of many talents and his best talent was just simply looking good . He is a real old hunting type standing at 17hh with a presence that regardless of his humour he looked majestic . Bosco served us with whipping in , hunting the hounds , sitting back the field , brought... Continue reading
Jack and now known as Murphy . A fabulous gelding by Jack of Diamonds our of a very good mare called Ruile Buile . Jack jumped in numerous classes right to the qualifiers for the 4 year olds . he sold at 5 and went to a fabulous home in England where he competes very successfully . His owner was kind enough to invite us over to watch him compete in Hickstead , a very emotional day for us but certainly one to remember . they have had numerous success with competing in some of the biggest shows in England... Continue reading